Decentraland

by 0xd91db432d98d80e9467206cab3b9c46081795f0d (Mazzak)

Should the following $50,000 grant in the In-World Content category be approved?

Abstract

Soul Magic is a popular role play game in Decentraland and it is consistently one of the top 10 scenes in DCL most of the time since its alpha launch in Oct 2022. The current number of DAU is between 100-300 and it reached 439 on 23rd June 2023 (10% share of global visitors), the first day of our Admission Carnival. Previous DCL grant (https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=ee288400-716d-11ed-beaf-a14520403f7b) allowed us to expand the user base from ~3,000 in mid Dec 2022 to over 10,000 users as of 29th June, 2023. With the requested grant our objective is to accelerate the development of more game functions, enhance playability, so as to grow our user base as well as on board more users to Decentraland through collaborations.

Grant size

50,000 USD in DAI

Project duration

5 months

Beneficiary address

0xd91dB432D98D80e9467206cab3B9C46081795f0d

Email address

hello@soulmagic.io

Description

Soul Magic is a popular RPG in Decentraland and consistently one of the top 10 scenes in Decentraland most of the time. With the previous grant funded by Decentraland DAO, our user base has grown to over 10k as of 29th June 2023. The followings are the highlights that have been developed over the last 6 months: -Addition of new game plays in Soul Magic, including Meditation, Alchemy, Crafting, Discovery and Trading -Established 2 new locations of Soul Magic in Decentraland - Angkor Temple (111, -102) where Trinity Crown quest and Discovery takes place and Treehouse (99, -112) exchange centre where players can trade resources with each other -Participated in MVFW 23 and launched a collab store in Dragon City with fashion web3 project Poppy NFT -Launched PvP game play with a new scene Black Forest, which is a battle royale like game for players to combat with each other using magic spells -Launched Admission Carnival, which is a big event in Soul Magic that admits magic school students after passing the admission quiz. 30 wearable collections were distributed to players during the carnival event collaborating with 11 creators
-Language switching function allowing users to switch into 10 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, Portugese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Russian -Created 24 Decentraland wearables with a total trading volume of around 10k MANA -Introduced a number of projects to Decentraland, including Kikitrade, Chain Challenger, Poppy, Meta Temple and Goldeneye -Over 17k Discord community and 4k followers on Twitter

Roadmap and milestones

Admission Carnival event was hosted on 23rd June 2023 with a number of sponsors, including Wonderzone, Metatrekkers, Polygonal Mind, Meta Gamimall, Babydolls, Golfcraft, Kikitrade and Chain Challenger, as well as creators like Edolena, Metatiger, Tounne. With the requested grant, we plan to develop and expand our game functions of the following areas: -Enhancement of existing farming game play, adding magic plants and merchandise shop for players to earn in-game currency Gold Midas -Launching two mini-games of Soul Magic - fishing and potion crafting with new scenes -Launching a new magic card game containing creature, character and item cards -Development of “Space”, private virtual space that allows users to build and customise their house and garden -Implementation of game token that can be earned through playing the game and participation in activities -Improvement on user experience including wearable bonus, onboarding and players objectives -Upgrade and integration with Decentraland SDK7 to enhance performance -Host monthly events and one large scale event like Admission Carnival, in collaboration with DCL and external communities

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp